Fruita winemaker wins top awards in competition

Kathy Ondrus, a Fruita woman working on her enology specialization technical certificate at Western Colorado Community College in Grand Junction, has earned top honors in an international competition for amateur winemakers. Ondrus won the award for the grand champion wine and also was named winemaker of the year in a competition organized by Winemaker Magazine. […]

Mortgage lender to focus efforts on Mesa County

Stephanie Dickey has joined Aspen Home Mortgage as a lender. While Dickey will represent Aspen Home Mortgage across Colorado, she will focus on Mesa County and the Denver area. Dickey brings to her position experience as a real estate agent and property manager. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction. […]

Grand Junction executives attend real estate gathering

Robert Bray, chief executive officer of Bray Real Estate, and Lynn Thompson, president of the Grand Junction firm, attended the Real Trends Gathering of Eagles. Executives with the residential real estate firms in the 2018 Real Trends 500 attended the gathering, conducted in May in Denver. “We always take away some good ideas on how […]

Fruita winemaker wins top awards in competition

Kathy Ondrus, a Fruita woman working on her enology specialization technical certificate at Western Colorado Community College in Grand Junction, has earned top honors in an international competition for amateur winemakers. Ondrus won the award for the grand champion wine and also was named winemaker of the year in a competition organized by Winemaker Magazine. […]

Group honors financial advisor and professor

Matthew Rosenberg, president of RoseCap Financial Advisors and professor at Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction, has earned recognition for his professional and community work. The American Institute of CPAs presented Rosenberg with its Outstanding Young CPA Award and Personal Financial Planning Standing Ovation Award. The Outstanding Young CPA Award honors a certified public account […]

Proclamations celebrate Toastmaster efforts

Grand Junction clubs that help people become more effective communicators and leaders and in turn improve their professional and personal lives have earned recognition for their efforts. Grand Junction Mayor Barbara Traylor Smith and the Mesa County Board of Commissioners both proclaimed June as Toastmasters month. The proclamations celebrate Toastmasters International and its 94-year history […]

Concert to benefit library foundation

A benefit concert featuring Ralph Dinosaur and the Fabulous Volcanoes will raise money for the Mesa County Libraries Foundation. The concert is set for June 30 at Grand River Vineyards, 787 N. Elberta Ave. just off Interstate Highway 70 Exit 42. Gates will open at 6:30 p.m. and the show will start at 7:30 p.m. […]

Regional economic development forum planned

Registration is under way for a regional economic development forum planned for Northwest Colorado. The Economic Development Council of Colorado has scheduled the forum for 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 11 at the Clarion Inn & Suites, located at 300 S. Colorado Highway 13 in Craig. The forum will cover Region 11, which includes […]

Entries sought for awards for nonprofits

Eide Bailly, a regional accounting and business advisory firm with an office in Grand Junction, is accepting submissions for annual awards recognizing the practices of nonprofit organizations that promote sustainable revenue. “Over the last five years, the Resourcefullness Award has been a gold mine of revenue generating initiative ideas. And the award prizes have helped […]